what is a proxy war?
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A *proxy,* in general, refers to something that stands in place of something else.
In climate science, as an example, there’s no way to directly measure the average global temperature in the past, so we drill ice cores out of Antarctica and measure the ratio of two types of water molecules. From that ratio, we can infer the average temperature and a couple other things; we say that the ratio is a *proxy* for the other values we’re measuring.
In computer science, a *proxy server* makes a request on behalf of the client, standing in the client’s place; for all intents and purposes, the proxy server is the client.
A *proxy war,* then, is a war instigated by a major player who, instead of getting involved themselves, funds or supplies another group to fight instead.
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